It aint easy being a kid

The last few weeks since spring break have finished have been tough for my oldest son.  He is starting his transition into his home room more often than before.  This is preparation for middle school which is coming up next year.  He came home last night with a bad entry in his back and forth folder (daily teacher log).  Nothing of what the teacher wrote was bad.  I can understand why she was upset.  It's nearly the end of the year and she has a new student, essentially, who keeps blurting out random statements in order to get his classmates to start laughing.  Stuff that you would expect during the beginning of the year when you have time to let the student know what your expectations are. 

My wife and I spoke to my son about his behavior.  We tried to emphasize the idea that if he cannot make this transition into his home room he may not be ready for the middle school.  I hate telling him that but it's do or die time.  He will not have summer school this year cause the district cannot afford to send every special needs child.  I feel like such a shumk.  I don't feel like I am being a great dad to my son.  I feel like this overbearing boss man.  I don't want that way but my son really losses focus and needs to be brought back to task at hand.  I wish I could figure out a way to get through to him.  But that seems to be the real issue with being the parent of an autistic child.  Your always wishing your could get through the autism to your child who's just under the surface.  I am prayer that my wife and I can find ways to have fun with my oldest not just be his boss.

My wife is calling me to her side so that is all I have to say for now.  Please comment, subscribe, and let me know if you also struggle getting through to your kids.  What works for you?

Long Silence

It's been a while since my last post.  I have been living life.  I had a great winter season learning a lot about myself and my life.  I had time to work on making my marriage even better.  My family has made its home in a really great church, and I have been growing closer to God.  All that meant that I had to balance out my life.  I let my blogging go by the wayside.

I made some other online life changes.  I dropped Facebook.  I am not going to go through all the reasons now, but I was reminded that before Facebook I had a really life.  I cannot multitask.  Maybe some of you reading this can multitask but I'm not one.  Only focus on a few things you can do really well that's what I am trying to do.  I am still working on the few things I chose.  I hope that I can now fit this blog into that list.  I don't know how I will handle posting or how often, but I want to get back into the practice.  Hopefully, I can hear from those of you who read this blog.  I would love to hear your thoughts on this or any of the previous posts.

Well my wife is calling me to her side.  Please subscribe, and leave a comment about how you may have had to let something go or how your able to multitask your life.

Getting Older

This last weekend started out with an early morning ride on Green Mountain. When my alarm went off I was already waking up ready to jump out of bed. I load up my Ranchero and headed out.

When I arrived at the parking lot there were only a few other cars in the lot. I preformed my pre-ride check and rode out. My ride was great. I hammered the trail with more energy than I normally muster for my afternoon rides. On a ridge looking down on to C-470, I enjoyed my breakfast bagel, a peach, and gel pack.  I tried to memorize a memory verse but kept getting distracted by the view. I finished strong and headed home.  That would normally be a great weekend for me, but this weekend I worked on the shed in the backyard. I also got a last minute invitation to play paintball. I spent at least four hours on Sunday running and gunning on the local paintball field.

Normally I would have no trouble on Monday getting up for work after a great weekend like this. But this Monday, I was really sore.  My right knee was swollen and tender.  I spent most of the day sitting in my office trying to stay off it.  My mom has very bad knees. I have an aunt on my father's side who has suffered from early onset arthritis. With that history in mind, I was not to happy to be suffering from joint pain. My wife was great letting me rest with my knee up and iced all Monday night. I woke up Tuesday morning feeling much better.  I still have a little stiffness in my knee.

I told my wife that I was getting old. She told me that I wasn't getting old I was just getting older. It's not a great feeling to have your body start to wear down. I thought I was in pretty good shape but I could always do better. My knees are a testament to that.

Well my wife is calling me to her side, so that's about all I have to say about that. Please comment and subscribe. Let me know what was the first sign your body gave you that you were getting older.